Description
Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- complete
- Integrity
- complete
- Availability
- complete
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- ERIC_ALLMAN
- Published
- 9/11/1996
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
eric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmailbsdi : bsd_osdigital : osf_1freebsd : freebsdhp : hp-uxhp : hp-uxhp : hp-uxibm : aixibm : aixibm : aixredhat : linuxsco : internet_faststartsco : openserversco : openserver
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